About This Item

  • TitleDiagrammatic section of Brooklyn Civic Center showing proposed pedestrian overpass over Adams St. express highway and bus & parking terminal
  • Call NumberGOVT_0063
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering. Caption on verso: "[DE]ATH ALLEY?: Diagrammatic section of Brooklyn Civic Center shows half-mile expressway along Adams St., [whi]ch architect Vito. P. Battista claims will be a 'Death Alley' unless pedestrian overpass in constructed."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)diagramsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from label on recto. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 19, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorStudly, Adolph
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMunicipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.